More Info Needed To Back Up Conduent $80M Breach Deal

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal judge said a bid for preliminary approval of an $80 million settlement between data breach victims and Conduent Business Services LLC lacks the case-specific materials needed to evaluate the deal's fairness.

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NJ Data Center Notified Of Suit Over Unpermitted Gas Engines

By Gautama Mehta

A community organization intends to sue the developers of DataOne, a 3.1 million-square-foot data center under construction in southern South Jersey, alleging that they are operating dozens of gas-fired engines at the site without having applied for the necessary permits.

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Workers Accuse Samsung Of Skipping Overtime Pay

By Emily Brill

An American unit of Samsung refused to pay its workers overtime, instead making them accept "comp time" that was paid at the same rate as their regular hourly pay, according to a lawsuit filed by former workers in New Jersey state court.

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Roundup

Real Estate Recap: Data Centers Bans, Multifamily Woes

By Real Estate Authority Staff

Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including a look at states with data center bans on the ballot and one practice group leader's perspective on multifamily concerns ahead.

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Ex-Broker-Dealer Cops To $1.5M Insider Trading Scheme

By George Woolston

A former partner at a New Jersey broker-dealer firm admitted to conspiring to commit securities fraud involving insider trading in a special purpose acquisition company that netted millions of dollars in illegal profits, the U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey announced Friday.

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Feds Want Grant Ruling Foiling Priorities Stayed For Appeal

By Tom Lotshaw

The Trump administration asked a Massachusetts federal judge to pause a decision declaring that a grant termination clause does not allow agencies to scrap awards not aligned with its new priorities, claiming it is likely to prevail in a First Circuit appeal.

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DOD Contractor Says Ex-Worker Lacks Evidence For Trial Win

By Ganesh Setty

A U.S. Department of Defense contractor asked a Colorado federal court for a midtrial quick win in a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit over its cybersecurity services, arguing the plaintiff had failed to show an objectively reasonable belief that misconduct took place.

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Defective Hydrant Locks Caused Kids' Deaths, NJ Suit Says

By Mike Curley

A New Jersey woman whose nieces died in a fire in April 2025 is suing Hydra-Shield Manufacturing Inc. and the city of Millville in state court, alleging that defective hydrant locks that the city never replaced delayed firefighters' rescue efforts.

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Term Lender Raises Concerns About Brightline Ch. 11 Loan

By Vince Sullivan

A term loan lender in the Chapter 11 case of Florida regional rail company Brightline Holdings has raised concerns about the unusual postpetition lending package in the bankruptcy, contending creditors should be informed about how the financing flows to the debtors and about changes to a cap on funds made available to them.

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3rd Circ. Ruling Opens Door For Fraud-On-The-Market Rethink

The Third Circuit's recent decision in Ocugen, holding that a stable stock price after publication of restated financials does not prove immateriality, could be a vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the doctrine undergirding certification of securities class actions, says Jonathan Richman at Brown Rudnick.

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Are You Happy With Your In-House Role? Take Our Survey

Is your company giving you everything you need to succeed? What are some misconceptions about working in-house? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Satisfaction Survey.

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Weil Merger Talks With Willkie End, Another Partner To Leave

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP have ended merger discussions and another top Weil partner is set to depart the firm, sources with knowledge on the matters told Law360 Pulse on Friday.

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Q&A

Holland & Knight Legal Profession Head On MSO Dealmaking

By Al Barbarino

Holland & Knight LLP partner Trisha Rich is at the forefront of the firm's work in a fast-growing corner of the legal industry, advising law firms setting up management services organizations, or MSOs, as well as the investors looking to buy into them.

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Trump Adviser Ducking Service In Exec Orders Suit, ABA Says

By Jack Karp

Trump attorney Boris Epshteyn has evaded service of subpoenas, so the American Bar Association should be allowed to pursue alternative means of serving him in its lawsuit over President Donald Trump's efforts to intimidate BigLaw firms, the organization is telling a Washington, D.C., federal judge.

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Mass. Judge Jailed Atty For 'Attitude,' Ethics Complaint Says

By Julie Manganis

A former Massachusetts state court judge placed a public defender into custody for hours over his "attitude" during a March 2025 hearing, the state's judicial conduct commission has said in a disciplinary complaint.

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SEC Fights LSU Claim That Case Citations Were 'Hallucinated'

By Alex Lawson

The Southeastern Conference is disputing claims that it submitted "hallucinated" case citations in its lawsuit challenging Louisiana State University's efforts to add former professional players to its sports teams, urging an Alabama federal judge to strike the allegations.

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Insurer Says NY Firm Staged Accidents For Suits

By Danielle Ferguson

A reinsurance company has filed another complaint accusing a New York personal injury law firm of recruiting workers to stage injuries in support of meritless claims, a few months after the Second Circuit dismissed similar claims because the insurer didn't have any direct injuries to bring a racketeering suit. 

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Ex-DOJ Officials And Judicial Nominees Vie For Office

By Courtney Bublé

Hundreds of candidates are on the ballot in the midterm elections, happening in less than two weeks, and among them are former U.S. Department of Justice officials and unsuccessful judicial nominees.

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9th Circ. Judge Hints Trump US Atty Firing OK Despite 'Chaos'

By Rachel Riley

A Ninth Circuit judge remarked on Friday that President Donald Trump's ouster of court-appointed Seattle U.S. Attorney Roger Rogoff has sown "chaos," but pushed back against Rogoff's contention that the move amounted to executive overreach, noting that the president already controls the office via the attorney general.

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NY Commercial Attys Must Justify Discovery Cost Bids Early

By Andrea Keckley

New York Courts Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas said in an administrative order earlier this month that commercial litigators who want opposing counsel to fund some or all of the discovery process must state their basis for the request and provide a "good faith" estimate of the costs.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers PA and DiCello Levitt lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New Mexico federal judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over the lies that the social media giant offered the public regarding its data privacy practices.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Meta's legal chief says the company will appeal a $25 billion verdict involving data privacy practices including the Cambridge Analytica scandal. And a new study shows that while in-house starting salaries are staying stable, adding special skills like AI expertise can lift them higher.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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